Dehaan Followers Issue Anonymous Leaflet

January 1, 1924

New York (Jul. 29)

The followers of Israel DeHaan, the slain Agudath Israel leader, have issued an anonymous leaflet in Yiddish, several thousands of which have been circulated in New York, under the headline: “The Blood of the Saint Jacob Israel DeHaan Cries aloud, Shma Yisroel.”

The leaflet asks why DeHaan was slain and states that: “Because he fought heroically for the liberation of the Agendath Israel, which stands for a life of independence from the Torahless Zionists, who use violence to enslave the pious.”

The anonymous leaflet urges the pious Jews to “awake for our life is in danger.”